US7644716B2 - Apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip - Google Patents

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US7644716B2
US7644716B2 US11/417,020 US41702006A US7644716B2 US 7644716 B2 US7644716 B2 US 7644716B2 US 41702006 A US41702006 A US 41702006A US 7644716 B2 US7644716 B2 US 7644716B2
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip installed in a tip end portion of a cigarette or the like together with an aerosol generating material and used for heating the aerosol generating material.
  • a smoking article formed by wrapping a carbonaceous heat source chip 1 , an aerosol generating material 2 such as tobacco leaves, and a mouthpiece (filter) 3 in wrapping paper 4 into a cigarette-like shape as illustrated in FIG. 9 has been suggested (see Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-189733 for example).
  • the smoking article is so designed that aerosol is generated from the aerosol generating material 2 by heat produced from the carbonaceous heat source chip 1 , and that the aerosol is smoked through the mouthpiece 3 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source chip 1 is obtained by mixing and kneading carbon powder serving as fuel and a combustion regulator (graphite, calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate, etc.) with binder (ammonium alginate, methyl cellulose, pectin, etc.), extruding the same to form a carbonaceous heat source rod 5 , and wrapping the rod 5 in a heat insulating material 6 , such as glass fiber (see Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-7139 for example).
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 has, for example, a diameter of 3 to 5 mm. As shown in the cross section in FIG.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 has a plurality of grooves 7 axially formed on its circumferential surface.
  • the grooves 7 function as air conduits when the aerosol generating material 2 is heated by the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 , and serve to cause the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 to exhibit a desired combustion characteristic.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 extruded from an extrusion molding machine has moist and pliable qualities, so that it is usually guided to a heat insulating material-wrapping device by means of an air foil conveyor without crushing the grooves 7 of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 .
  • the air foil conveyor blows out air from the bottom of the conveying path obliquely toward the downstream of the transporting direction. By so doing, the conveyor forms an air layer that prevents contact between an article and the bottom of the conveying path, and meanwhile transports the article by using the airflow.
  • one idea is, for example, to dry the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 to certain hardness by using the airflow from the air foil conveyor during transportation of the air foil conveyor.
  • the air foil conveyor blows out air from the bottom of a groove forming the conveying path. Therefore, the there is the problem that the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is greatly dried in the side of the rod 5 facing the conveying path and is not dried uniformly.
  • Another idea is to alter the composition of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 or to reduce the moisture content of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 at the time of extrusion molding.
  • these methods cause new problems that the extrusion molding itself becomes difficult, that the combustion characteristic and the flavor are changed, and the like.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip comprises an extrusion molding machine for extrusion-molding a carbonaceous heat source rod having grooves axially extending in a circumferential surface thereof, a heat insulating material-wrapping device for wrapping the circumferential surface of the carbonaceous heat source rod extruded from the extrusion molding machine in a heat insulating material, a hollow pipe forming at least part of a conveying path for transporting the carbonaceous heat source rod extruded from the extrusion molding machine to the heat insulating material-wrapping device, and at least one air amplifier for making an airflow running through in the hollow pipe.
  • the apparatus is characterized by transporting the carbonaceous heat source rod while drying the same by using the airflow.
  • the conveying path formed of the hollow pipe can be relatively freely designed.
  • the hollow pipe can be disposed in a loop-like shape between the extrusion molding machine and the heat insulating material-wrapping device. This downsizes the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip as a whole and therefore reduces an installation space for the manufacturing apparatus.
  • Air amplifiers may be disposed at an inlet of the hollow pipe and in the middle of the hollow pipe. This makes it possible to form an airflow having pressure that smoothly transports the carbonaceous heat source rod through the entire length of the hollow pipe, to dry the carbonaceous heat source rod properly by using the airflow, and to manufacture a carbonaceous heat source chip excellent in combustion characteristic.
  • the air amplifier be provided with a static pressure adjusting hole for discharging part of air to adjusting an airflow rate in the hollow pipe.
  • the wrapping operation speed (wrapping speed) of the heat insulating material-wrapping device may be regulated by a controller so that slack length of the carbonaceous heat source rod becomes prescribed length.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod can be supplied to the heat insulating material-wrapping device while the quality of the carbonaceous heat source rod is stably maintained, regardless of fluctuations in extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod from the extrusion molding machine.
  • the apparatus of the present invention may include a movable carrying path that is movable between a connecting position where the movable carrying path is disposed between the extrusion molding machine and the carrying path and a retreating position where the movable carrying path draws away from between the extrusion molding machine and the conveying path, and a cutting device disposed immediately downstream of the extrusion molding machine so as to face the conveying path.
  • the movable carrying path is retreated to the retreating position so that the carbonaceous heat source rod continuously extruded from the extrusion molding machine is discharged, for example, into a collection box instead of being supplied to the conveying path.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod is cut by the cutting device on the extrusion molding machine side and dropped into a collection box.
  • the movable carrying path is positioned in the connecting position where the extrusion molding machine and the conveying path are connected to each other, and the carbonaceous heat source rod freshly extruded from the extrusion molding machine is guided to the conveying path. Accordingly, the carbonaceous heat source rod begins to be supplied to the heat insulating material-wrapping device.
  • the movable carrying path is then retreated again. More preferably, the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device is reduced. As a result, there generates slack in the carbonaceous heat source rod because of its weight, and the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device is regulated so that the slack length becomes prescribed length.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a substantial portion of an apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a basic constitution of an air amplifier used in the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a view showing a connecting constitution of the air amplifier with respect to a hollow pipe forming a conveying path
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing a schematic constitution of a cigarette measuring device for measuring the flammability of a carbonaceous heat source rod
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic constitution view showing another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a view showing a rod discharging process during supply starting control of the carbonaceous heat source rod in the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip, illustrated in FIG. 5 ;
  • FIG. 7 is a view showing a rod supply starting process in the supply starting control of the carbonaceous heat source rod
  • FIG. 8 is a view showing a rod slack length-regulating process performed after the supply starting control of the carbonaceous heat source rod;
  • FIG. 9 is a view showing a structure example of a smoking article using the carbonaceous heat source rod.
  • FIG. 10 is a view showing a cross-sectional structure of the carbonaceous heat source chip obtained by wrapping the carbonaceous heat source rod in a heat insulating material.
  • FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the carbonaceous heat source chip in a state where grooves formed in the circumferential surface of the carbonaceous heat source rod are crushed.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip has an extrusion molding machine 10 that continuously fabricates a carbonaceous heat source rod 5 and a heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 that wraps the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 in a heat insulating material 6 having prescribed thickness, which is made of glass fiber or the like.
  • the extrusion molding machine 10 and the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 have been conventionally well known, detail descriptions thereof will be omitted.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip is basically constructed so that the moist carbonaceous heat source rod 5 that is continuously extrusion-molded by the extrusion molding machine 10 is sequentially supplied through a conveying roller 11 , and first and second air foil conveyors 12 and 13 to the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 .
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip according to the present invention is characterized in that, for example, a transparent and acrylic hollow pipe 14 is disposed between the first air foil conveyor 12 and the second air foil conveyor 13 as a conveying path for the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 , and that an airflow running through the hollow pipe 14 is produced by air amplifiers 15 a , 15 b and 15 c to dry the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 by using the airflow while transporting the same.
  • the hollow pipe 14 is disposed in a loop-like shape as the conveying path having prescribed length, which connects between the first and second air foil conveyors 12 and 13 arranged parallel to each other.
  • the air amplifiers that make airflows in the hollow pipe 14 include the main air amplifier (first air amplifier) 15 a disposed at an inlet of the hollow pipe 14 and auxiliary air amplifiers (second air amplifiers) 15 b and 15 c disposed in two respective locations in the middle of the hollow pipe 14 .
  • the main air amplifier 15 a serves to make an airflow having prescribed pressure at the inlet of the hollow pipe 14 and run the airflow through the hollow pipe 14 by using compressed air.
  • the auxiliary air amplifiers 15 b and 15 c serve to amplify the rate (pressure) of the airflow by using the compressed air introduced from the outside.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 delivered from the first air foil conveyor 12 is transported and guided to the second air foil conveyor 13 . Moreover, by using the airflow, the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is dried to proper hardness for the duration of transportation of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 from the first air foil conveyor 12 to the second air foil conveyor 13 .
  • the proper hardness of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is such hardness that grooves 7 formed on the circumferential surface of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 are not crushed and deformed when the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is wrapped in the heat insulating material 6 made of glass fiber or the like by the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , and at the same time such hardness as not to hinder the cutting when the product obtained by wrapping the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 in the heat insulating material 6 is cut with a cutter into pieces having prescribed length to serve as carbonaceous heat source chips.
  • it is the hardness indicated as about 200 grams in folding strength in this embodiment.
  • the air amplifier that makes the airflow in the hollow pipe 14 for example, the main air amplifier 15 a basically includes a main body in which a conduit having a diameter decreased from an outlet side toward an inlet side in a tapered shape is formed, and slits formed along an inner wall of the main body, and has a structure in which the compressed air introduced from a compressed air feeding port formed in a circumferential wall of the main body is ejected through the slits into the conduit, for example, as in a schematic sectional constitution shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the main air amplifier 15 a induces a large amount of the airflow at the outlet side thereof by using a small amount of compressed air ejected from the slit as power source.
  • the main air amplifier 15 a generates a strong vacuum force in the conduit of the main body to suck in air from the inlet of the conduit, and ejects a large amount of the amplified air from the outlet of the conduit.
  • the auxiliary air amplifiers 15 b and 15 c have similar basic constitutions.
  • an air amplifier of this type is manufactured, for example, by SANWA ENTERPRISE COMPANY, LTD. in the name of “ROUND BLOW”.
  • each of the air amplifiers 15 a , 15 b and 15 c is constructed as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is continuously transported from the inlet of the hollow pipe 14 toward the outlet thereof.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is evenly air-dried from the circumferential surface thereof.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 can be easily and reliably dried to such hardness that it does not crushed and deformed, for the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is wrapped in the heat insulating material 6 by the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 .
  • the hollow pipe 14 can be formed in the loop-like shape, so that it is not necessary to widely separate the extrusion molding machine 10 and the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 from each other. This causes an effect of reducing a space for installation of the apparatus for manufacturing a carbonaceous heat source chip, including the extrusion molding machine 10 and the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , and the like.
  • the sample A right after extrusion molding was taken out, and the moisture (moisture at the time of molding) thereof was measured.
  • the extrusion-molded sample A was air-dried while being transported from the extrusion molding machine 10 through the first air foil conveyor 12 , the hollow pipe 14 and the second air foil conveyor 13 toward the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , and was taken out before the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 .
  • the sample A was measured as described below in folding strength (hardness), moisture (moisture at the time of the heat insulating material wrapping), temperature (temperature at the time of the heat insulating material wrapping), ventilation resistance, and flammability.
  • Table 1 shows measurement results about the samples A, B and C. The same measurement was carried out with respect to the samples A, B and C by using a manufacturing apparatus having a similar constitution, except that it is not provided with the hollow pipe 14 . Measurement results are shown in Table 2.
  • the ventilation resistance was measured at an airflow amount of 17.5 mL/second using the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 removed from the manufacturing apparatus and cut into pieces having a length of 72 mm.
  • folding strength hardness
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 was placed on supports separated off by a gap of 10 mm from each other, and the maximum folding load, which was obtained by pressing down the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 at the center thereof at a speed of 0.883 mm/second by means of a pressuring member, was measured as the folding strength.
  • flammability in a state where a smoking article having a structure shown in FIG.
  • the carbonaceous heat source chip was fabricated by means of the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, it was possible to increase the folding strength (hardness) about 1.6 to 2 times higher and to decrease a moisture content by about 2 percent, compared to the manufacturing apparatus without the hollow pipe.
  • a moisture-decreasing rate in a case that the present invention was not employed was about 0.3 percent, and the rod was scarcely dried.
  • Temperature could be lowered to about 16 to 19° C. due to a cooling effect caused by moisture evaporation in an environment where the room temperature was 24° C. This temperature reduction is also considered to be a factor for the increase of hardness of the carbonaceous heat source chip.
  • extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod (extrusion-molded article) 5 according to the extrusion molding machine 10 fluctuates due to various factors.
  • the fluctuation of the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 from the extrusion molding machine 10 leads to quality deterioration of the carbonaceous heat source chip fabricated by the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 . If the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 from the extrusion molding machine 10 is lower than wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is thinly lengthened or broken.
  • the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 from the extrusion molding machine 10 is higher than the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 protrudes from the conveying path, and the hollow pipe 14 is clogged. Therefore, conventionally, the condition (tension and the like) of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 on the conveying path is visually checked, and the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is manually fine adjusted. However, the adjusting work is bothersome, and moreover it is difficult to carry out an adjustment with high accuracy.
  • the apparatus of the present invention there is formed a space having prescribed length between the extrusion molding machine 10 and the first air foil conveyor 12 , and prescribed slack is formed in the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 that is continuously extruded from the extrusion molding machine 10 to be produced in the space, as in the constitution shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the length of the slack (slack length) of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is detected by a detector 21 , such as an ultrasonic distance sensor.
  • the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is regulated by a controller 22 so that the slack length becomes prescribed length that has been preset.
  • a cutting device 23 that properly cuts the carbonaceous hat source rod 5 is disposed downstream from the conveying roller 11 .
  • the cutting device 23 is activated, to thereby supply the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 through the conveying path to the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 .
  • the detector 21 is disposed above the space portion and detects the slack length of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 .
  • a third air foil conveyor (movable carrying path) 24 that can be optionally located between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b as illustrated in FIG. 6 .
  • the collection box 26 that receives the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 discharged through the conveying roller 25 a .
  • the third air foil conveyor 24 is usually located in a retreating position where it draws apart from between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b so that the space between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b is opened and the connection between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b by means of the third air foil conveyor 24 is released.
  • the third air foil conveyor 24 is located in a connecting position where it connects between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b as illustrated in FIG. 7 , thereby connecting the outlet of the cutting device 23 and the inlet of the first air foil conveyor 12 to each other.
  • the third air foil conveyor 24 is first located in the retreating position as illustrated in FIG. 6 , and the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 having qualities unsuitable for the supply to the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 , which is continuously extruded from the extrusion molding machine 10 , is discharged into the collection box 26 .
  • the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is detected from rotational speed of the conveying roller 11 or the like, to thereby monitor the stability of the operation thereof.
  • the operation of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is started. Subsequently, the cutting device 23 is activated as illustrated in FIG. 6 . At this moment, part of the carbonaceous heat source 5 , which is located downstream from the cutting device 23 , is discharged into the collection box 26 as the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is in the process of being discharged into the collection box 26 . Immediately after the cutting device 23 is activated, the third air foil conveyor 24 is located in the connecting position as illustrated in FIG. 7 so that the outlet of the cutting device 23 and the inlet of the first air foil conveyor 12 are connected with each other.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 located upstream from the cutting device 23 at the time of the activation of the cutting device 23 is guided through the third air foil conveyor 24 to the first air foil conveyor 12 and is supplied through the first air foil conveyor 12 to the hollow pipe 14 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 that has been freshly extruded from the extrusion molding machine 10 after the activation of the cutting device 23 is supplied to the hollow pipe 14 in the same manner.
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is guided from the hollow pipe 14 through the second air foil conveyor 13 to the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 . In this process, the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is detected from the rotational speed of the conveying roller 11 .
  • the wrapping speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is regulated by the controller 22 .
  • the detector 21 detects the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 located on the third air foil conveyor 24 as well as the third air foil conveyor 24 . This detection indicates that there is no slack. In such a state, the detector 21 then generates a control signal so that the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is reduced.
  • a proper actuator (not shown) is controlled by proper control means, for example, the controller 22 , while an operating condition of the extrusion molding machine 10 is monitored, and the time required until the qualities of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 become stable is estimated.
  • the third air foil conveyor 24 can be located in the retreating position or the connecting position.
  • the third air foil conveyor 24 is located in the retreating position as illustrated in FIG. 8 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 is brought into a state extending between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b without being supported on the third air foil conveyor 24 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 gradually loosens between the conveying rollers 25 a and 25 b due to difference between the wrapping operation speed and the extrusion speed of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 in the extrusion molding machine 10 .
  • the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 forms U-shaped slack due to the weight thereof as illustrated in FIG. 8 .
  • the detector 21 detects this slack length.
  • the controller 22 increases the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 once the slack length of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 becomes equal to prescribed length, and subsequently regulates the wrapping operation speed so that the slack length equals the prescribed length.
  • This regulation adjusts the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 according to the extrusion speed while absorbing fluctuations in the extrusion speed of the extrusion molding machine 5 by using the slack of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 . Consequently, the wrapping operation speed is synchronized with the operation of the extrusion molding machine 10 , so that the fabrication of a carbonaceous heat source chip using the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is stably performed.
  • the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 is regulated while using the slack of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 , it is possible to efficiently fabricate the carbonaceous heat source chip that is stable in quality together with the proper drying effect of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 using the hollow pipe 14 .
  • the above-mentioned regulation provides an advantage that optimum regulation can be easily realized according to the qualities of the carbonaceous heat source rod 5 , compared to the case in that the extrusion speed of the extrusion molding machine 10 is detected to directly regulate the wrapping operation speed of the heat insulating material-wrapping device 20 .
  • the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
  • airflows are formed within the hollow pipe 14 by means of the three air amplifiers 15
  • the number of air amplifiers 15 to be installed is determined in accordance with the conveying path length of the hollow pipe 14 .
  • the transporting speed thereof may be set by adjusting the airflow amounts and the like.
  • various modifications can be made without deviating from the gist of the present invention.

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